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David Gergen regularly writes the U.S.News & World Report editorial and serves as host and moderator for its public television program, World@Large. Gergen is an honors graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. He has served in the White House as an adviser to four presidents: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and most recently for Bill Clinton as counselor to the president and then as special adviser to the president and the secretary of state.

2004 Columns

Speaking truth to power: Alan Greenspan cautioned that accumulating deficits are dangerous to our economic health. (12/6/04)

Questions without answers: In the little time left before November 2, both candidates need to get specific about the issues. (10/4/04)

Time to face the real issues: We desperately need a more comprehensive, bipartisan, and sustainable strategy to win this war on terrorism. (8/30/04)

Can past be prologue again?: George W. Bush's predecessors offer some keen insights into the effective use of power. (6/28/04)

A man, his moment, and a generation: We mourned last week not only for Ronald Wilson Reagan but for the spirit we miss so much now. (6/21/04)